The Sinking of a 35-Square-Meter Room

Every detail in this work is steeped in the weight of reality.

It was born from arguments I overheard through the wall, from the quiet disappearance of vitality in my social media feed, and from countless young couples struggling to choose between "keeping up appearances" and "making ends meet."

What I have written is not a story, but a slice of a generation's struggle to survive: when education fails to deliver on its promises, when love collides with the cost of living, and when "home" turns from a haven into a battlefield.

This is a novel, and it is also the silent war that so many of us are living through.